When another crew member from "Texas" left the show a couple of weeks ago, Peyton Trueblood confided to her boss that she was feeling a little homesick herself.
"But I sure love my family out here," she told Kris Miller.

PHOTOS: BELL SINCE '68 | Bell Helicopter opened its facilities here in 1968 at the old Amarillo air base, initially a repair center for helicopters damaged in the Vietnam War. Now the company is poised to sell its trademark V-22 Ospreys to foreign customers and build a new Osprey for the Navy.

■ Early February 1968: Bell Helicopter announces it will locate a repair-modification plant in Amarillo. ■ Feb. 26, 1968: The first helicopter from the Vietnam War arrives in Amarillo via truck to Bell's hangars at Amarillo Air Force Base.

Open the doors of a 1920s building in downtown Amarillo and you'll enter a space that's both modern and retro.
Stylist James Koch styled his salon in the new Lofts on 10th of reclaimed wood, exposed brick, industrial metals and sleek furniture.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - William S. "Will" Morris IV has been named chief executive officer of Augusta-based Morris Communications Co.
The appointment was announced today by his father, William S. "Billy" Morris III, 80, and is effective immediately.

Pete was invited to perform on a working stockdog demonstration at the agricultural fair in the town of Perdue, Saskatchewan. He could have brought his own lambs that were "dog-wise" but his hosts offered to furnish the sheep.

Cardboard and pallets for roofs and walls, blankets for doors and dirt floors.
That's how many families live in Juarez, Mexico - but not after they receive help from Casas por Cristo.
"We're essentially building a brand new house," said the Rev.

Paternity test results show an Amarillo Goodwill Industries employee accused of raping and impregnating a mentally handicapped co-worker is the father of her baby, according to documents from her attorney.

The Amarillo Venom and the Amarillo community lost a teammate and a friend Sunday when Rodney Ray "Biscuit" Evans Jr. died in a one-vehicle crash on his way home from his job at the KBR plant in Borger.
Evans, 31, who was raised in Amory, Miss.

■ In 1715, a fleet of Spanish ships carrying gold, silver and jewelry sank during a hurricane off the east Florida coast, scattering most of their treasure along the ocean floor. Of some 2,500 crew members, more than 1,000 died.

Pantex Plant, Workforce Solutions Panhandle and Amarillo College will host a Pantex hiring event next week.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Amarillo College Business and Industry Center, 1314 S. Polk St.

The Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees toured the new Travis and Bowie sixth grade campuses Thursday afternoon and discussed feedback they received from high schoolers during meetings in May.

A federal judge on Wednesday not only again dismissed the case against 53 Texas cities with red-light cameras and the companies that operate them, but also denied a request to send the case back to state court where it began.

An Amarillo man is facing a bigamy charge in Potter County.
Anthony Ray Montoya, 50, was arrested Wednesday and booked into Potter County jail. He is accused of violating a Texas law that bars individuals from marrying if they are currently married.

VIDEO | After four days of hosting various projects at Arrow Child & Family Ministries, 14 students from a local church discovered the importance of helping others through Go Here Week, which ended Wednesday afternoon.

The city of Amarillo is turning on the pumps to try to relieve flooding from Playa No. 7 on the edge of The Greenways subdivision in southwest Amarillo.
"There are two pumps. One is a booster," said Assistant City Manager Bob Cowell.